Sugarcane Alternatives : Sugar Biofuels and Environment

Sugarcane occupies an important position as an industrial crop, being a source for a vast number of commercial products, significant among them being sugars and biofuels. This book authored by a professional with over four decades of experience in Sugar and Sugarcane industry is in three parts Sugarcane Production Technology: Biofuels and Environment.

This book discusses in detail:

Recent advances in sugarcane planting and production technology.
Production of biofuel from non edible oil crops.
Cellulosic ethanol the next generation biofuel.
Bio-refining.

Production of organic manure from Distillery Spent Wash (DSW)

Recent advances in Sugarcane planting and production technology production of biofuels and generation of bio-diesel from non edible oil crops, are discussed in detail. The adverse environmental impact of sugar alchohol complexes and methods to overcome these are discussed.